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Penzance station

Written below the photograph on the mount is "Churchward + Penhaul, Heamoor".

Written on an accompanying note is the following information:

Scout Group in front of house:

Back row left to right
Miss Thomas Cub Leader
Jack Reynolds, L.…

Written underneath the photograph on the mounting is "Churchward + Penhaul, Heamoor".

Written on an accompanying note is the following information:

Scout Group in front of house:

Back row left to right
Miss Thomas Cub Leader
Jack Reynolds,…

Back row left to right:
G. Whiting, M. Clemo, S. Jenkin, J. Hardiman, ? Semmens, M. Pittaway, G. Pittaway, V. Berryman, Rona Semmens, W. Clemo, Joan Berryman.

Second Row:
V. Vincent, Mrs Bolitho, Mrs Venning, Miss Jennings, Col. Bolitho.…

Overview from opposite Queens Hotel area.

Wherrytown seawall

Lariggan steps and river culvert.

Eastern end (Marine Parade)

Wherrytown sea wall

Drying nets after 'barking' (soaking in preservative) Newlyn Harbour. The vessel in the distance is waiting to to come into the Harbour to load Penlee quarry stone at the South Pier.
One of Stevenson's 75' wooden trawlers can be seen on the…

Thatched Chapel

Grid reference, SW 6162 3969

For further information see Historic Environment Record, https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO32759&resourceID=1020

A German Hamburg registration Tug, named FairPlay X Aground at Hayle on the sandbar

R.N.L.I. Lifeboat Diana White assisting a small sailing vessel

The Stennack, St. Ives in flood, November 1894

Storm damage to the promenade, the Bath House can be seen in the background

The wreck of the steamer the SS Taycraig off the Gear Rock, Penzance, with the tower of St. Mary's Church in the background

The upturned hull of the Union Star, on the rocks near Tater Dhu, wrecked 19-12-1981 with a loss of all hands, plus the crew of the Penlee lifeboat who perished during the gallant rescue attempt

The MV Alacrity was owned by the Everard Company, she was savaged in situ after becoming a total right off

The Rosebud was delivering a petition about the Newlyn house clearances to Westminster. the vessel was later renamed Cynthia-Yvonne

HMS Warspite a WW1 battleship ran aground in Prussia Cove in 1947 on her way to the breakers and was later salvaged at Marazion